Gunmen attacked Garissa University College in Kenya, killing 148 people and wounding 79 others.
Six elderly men burgled a safe-deposit facility (pictured) in Hatton Garden, London, and stole items worth up to an estimated £14 million.
A gunman shot at people inside Oikos University, a Korean Christian college in Oakland, California, leaving seven people dead and three injured.
Second Intifada: Palestinian militants sought refuge from advancing Israeli forces in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, beginning a month-long siege.
John Gotti (pictured), the head of the Gambino crime family of New York City, was convicted of racketeering, murder, conspiracy to commit murder, loansharking, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, and tax evasion.
Bosnian War: At least 48 civilians were massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War against the United Kingdom.
Spores of anthrax were accidentally released from a military research facility near the city of Sverdlovsk, causing at least 68 deaths.
2001: A Space Odyssey, the epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, premiered at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted the first national census of the country.
American Civil War: On the third attempt, Union forces captured Petersburg, Virginia, although Confederate officials and most of their remaining troops were able to escape.
The first modern Italian Parliament is opened in Turin, following the annexation of Central Italy into the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León sighted land in North America, naming the area La Florida.
Liberation Day tariffs: U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs.
Viertola school shooting: A 12-year-old pupil is killed and two others injured by a shooter of the same age in Vantaa, Finland.
At least 49 people are killed in a train derailment in Taiwan after a truck accidentally rolls onto the track.
A Capitol Police officer is killed and another injured when an attacker rams his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol.
COVID-19 pandemic: The total number of confirmed cases reach one million.
Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."
A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.
UTair Flight 120 crashes after takeoff from Roshchino International Airport in Tyumen, Russia, killing 33 and injuring 10.
India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashes into the Polica mountain near Zawoja, Poland, killing 53.
The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
A 19-month-old infant is swept up in the ocean tides at Hermosa Beach, California. Local photographer John L. Gaunt photographs the incident; 1955 Pulitzer winner "Tragedy by the Sea".
After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Mariinsky Palace, Saint Petersburg.
"Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
French Revolutionary Wars: In the Battle of Copenhagen a British Royal Navy squadron defeats a hastily assembled, smaller, mostly-volunteer Dano-Norwegian Navy at high cost, forcing Denmark out of the Second League of Armed Neutrality.
Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
The Coinage Act is passed by Congress, establishing the United States Mint.
Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India.
J. S. Bach's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, is first performed in Leipzig on Easter Monday.
Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Johns River.
Brenda Fruhvirtová, Czech tennis player
Diana Shnaider, Russian tennis player
Emma Myers, American actress
Rodrigo Riquelme, Spanish footballer
Dillon Bassett, American race car driver
Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer
Austin Riley, American baseball player
Zach Bryan, American singer-songwriter
André Onana, Cameroonian footballer
Zack Steffen, American soccer player
Pascal Siakam, Cameroonian basketball player
Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower
Bruno Zuculini, Argentine footballer
Quavo, American rapper
Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
Amr El Solia, Egyptian footballer
Jesse Plemons, American actor
Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
Shane Lowry, Irish Professional Golfer, winner of the 2019 Open Championship and European Team Member for the 2021 and 2023 Ryder Cups
Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball player
Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
Engin Atsür, Turkish basketball player
Nóra Barta, Hungarian diver
Jérémy Morel, French footballer
Miguel Ángel Moyá, Spanish footballer
Arthur Boka, Ivorian footballer
Maksym Mazuryk, Ukrainian pole vaulter
Marco Amelia, Italian footballer
David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player
Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
Kapil Sharma, Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter and actor
Avi Benedi, Israeli singer and songwriter
Adam Fleming, Scottish journalist
Gavin Heffernan, Canadian director and screenwriter
Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (died 2004)
Wairangi Koopu, New Zealand rugby league player
Carlos Salcido, Mexican international footballer
Per Elofsson, Swedish skier
Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer
Hanno Pevkur, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
Nate Huffman, American basketball player (died 2015)
Randy Livingston, American basketball player
Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower
Pattie Mallette, Canadian author and film producer
Pedro Pascal, Chilean and American actor
Tayfun Korkut, Turkish football manager and former player
Dmitry Lipartov, Russian footballer
Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actress
Aleksejs Semjonovs, Latvian footballer
Eyal Berkovic, Israeli footballer
Remo D'Souza, Indian choreographer and dancer
Calvin Davis, American sprinter and hurdler (died 2023)
Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer
Jason Lewry, English cricketer
Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
Ajay Devgn, Indian actor, director, and producer
Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter
Bill Romanowski, American football player and actor
Teddy Sheringham, English international footballer and coach
Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (died 2012)
Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach
Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler
Karl Beattie, English director and producer
Mike Gascoyne, English engineer
Pierre Carles, French director and producer
Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Clark Gregg, American actor
Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter
Christopher Meloni, American actor
Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter
Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter
Brad Jones, Australian race car driver
Pascale Nadeau, Canadian journalist
Gelindo Bordin, Italian runner
David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
Yves Lavandier, French director and producer
Badou Ezzaki, Moroccan footballer and manager
Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby player
Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach
Caroline Dean, English biologist and academic
Hank Steinbrenner, American businessman (died 2020)
Michael Stone, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary
Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer
Donald Petrie, American actor and director
Jim Allister, Northern Irish lawyer and politician
Rosemary Bryant Mariner, 20th and 21st-century U.S. Navy aviator (died 2019)
Malika Oufkir, Moroccan Berber writer
Debralee Scott, American actress (died 2005)
James Vance, American author and playwright (died 2017)
Lennart Fagerlund, Swedish cyclist
Will Hoy, English race car driver (died 2002)
Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (died 2001)
Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
Lynn Westmoreland, American politician
Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host
Bernd Müller, German footballer
Pamela Reed, American actress
David Robinson, American drummer
Roald Als, Danish author and illustrator
Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (died 2012)
Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author
Joan D. Vinge, American author
Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer, songwriter and actress (died 2025)
Tua Forsström, Finnish writer
Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Camille Paglia, American author and critic
Richard Collinge, New Zealand cricketer
David Heyes, English politician
Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (died 2014)
Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (died 1997)
Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter
Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver
Linda Hunt, American actress
Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach
Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2021)
Anne Waldman, American poet
Bill Malinchak, American football player
Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 2022)
Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (died 2007)
Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (died 2017)
Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Italian actor (died 2021)
Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2016)
Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor
Dr. Demento, American radio host
Sonny Throckmorton, American country singer-songwriter
Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach
Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (died 1981)
Penelope Keith, English actress
Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (died 1984)
Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army (died 2022)
Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (died 1961)
Al Weis, American baseball player
Dick Radatz, American baseball player (died 2005)
Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer
Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (died 2007)
Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (died 1997)
Carl Kasell, American journalist and game show host (died 2018)
Richard Portman, American sound engineer (died 2017)
Dovid Shmidel, Austrian-born Israeli rabbi
György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author (died 2019)
Edward Egan, American cardinal (died 2015)
Keith Hitchins, American historian (died 2020)
Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian javelin thrower (died 1986)
Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor
Ed Dorn, American poet and educator (died 1999)
Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (died 1996)
Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (died 1991)
Roy Masters, English-American radio host (died 2021)
David Robinson, Northern Irish horticulturist and academic (died 2004)
Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier (died 2012)
Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (died 2014)
Rita Gam, American actress (died 2016)
Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2015)
Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic (died 1980)
Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (died 2014)
Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (died 2006)
George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish author and screenwriter (died 2008)
Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host (died 1987)
Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (died 2004)
Gloria Henry, actress (died 2021)
Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (died 2015)
G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author (died 2016)
John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (died 2015)
Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (died 2004)
Jack Stokes, English animator and director (died 2013)
Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982)
Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier (died 1981)
Alec Guinness, English actor (died 2000)
Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1980)
Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium (died 2002)
Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (died 2003)
Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower (died 1985)
Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager (died 1991)
Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator (died 1970)
Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1987)
Jan Tschichold, German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (died 1974)
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe (died 1994)
Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (died 1942)
Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1970)
Alfred Strange, English footballer (died 1978)
Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician (died 1990)
Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (died 1940)
Johnny Golden, American golfer (died 1936)
Jack Buchanan, Scottish entertainer (died 1957)
Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet (died 1976)
Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa (died 1958)
Neville Cardus, English cricket and music writer (died 1975)
J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian (died 1958)
Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (died 1940)
William Donne, English cricketer and captain (died 1942)
Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (died 1945)
Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (died 1928)
Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)
Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author (died 1935)
Dominic Savio, Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of Saint John Bosco (died 1857)
Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (died 1926)
Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist (died 1902)
Léon Gambetta, French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (died 1882)
Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (died 1907)
William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter (died 1910)
Henry L. Benning, American general and judge (died 1875)
Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (died 1879)
Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1875)
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic (died 1874)
Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (died 1840)
Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (died 1871)
Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author (died 1862)
Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (died 1848)
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician (died 1826)
Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (died 1798)
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (died 1803)
Francesca Cuzzoni, Italian operatic soprano (died 1778)
Prince George of Denmark (died 1708)
Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (died 1717)
Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1663)
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Franciscan abbess (died 1665)
Pietro Della Valle, Italian traveler (died 1652)
Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (died 1599)
Elisabeth of Valois (died 1568)
John Corvinus, Hungarian noble (died 1504)
Charlemagne, Frankish king (died 814)
Emperor Xian of Han, Chinese emperor (died 234)
Khamtai Siphandone, Laotian politician, 4th President of Laos (born 1924)
Jerry Abbott, American country music songwriter and record producer (born 1942)
John Barth, American writer (born 1930)
Maryse Condé, Guadeloupean novelist, critic, and playwright (born 1934)
Christopher Durang, American playwright (born 1949)
Larry Lucchino, American attorney and baseball executive (born 1945)
John Sinclair, American poet (born 1941)
Juan Vicente Pérez, Venezuelan supercentenarian (born 1909)
Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian (born 1928)
Simon Bainbridge, British composer (born 1952)
Alma Delia Fuentes, Mexican actress (born 1937)
Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book artist and illustrator (born 1929)
Robert Abajyan, Armenian sergeant (born 1996)
Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908)
Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (born 1926)
Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg (born 1954)
Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (born 1938)
Fred, French author and illustrator (born 1931)
Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (born 1930)
Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (born 1926)
Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (born 1959)
Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator (born 1915)
Mauricio Lasansky, American graphic designer and academic (born 1914)
John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1918)
Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (born 1970)
Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (born 1911)
Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1926)
Yakup Satar, Turkish World War I veteran (born 1898)
Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (born 1910)
Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (born 1925)
Lillian O'Donnell, American crime novelist (born 1926)
Pope John Paul II (born 1920)
John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (born 1913)
Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (born 1910)
John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (born 1910)
Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (born 1920)
Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (born 1965)
Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (born 1910)
Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (born 1916)
Marc Fitch, British historian and philanthropist (born 1908)
Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1954)
Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (born 1909)
Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (born 1939)
Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1917)
Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (born 1907)
Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (born 1911)
Franz Halder, German general (born 1884)
Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (born 1887)
C. S. Forester, English novelist (born 1899)
Hoyt Vandenberg, US Air Force general (born 1899)
Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (born 1885)
Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (born 1907)
Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (born 1862)
Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (born 1860)
Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (born 1872)
Zewditu I of Ethiopia (born 1876)
Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)
Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (born 1883)
Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (born 1891)
Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1830)
Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (born 1852)
Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (born 1803)
Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (born 1809)
Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1823)
Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (born 1791)
A. P. Hill, American general (born 1825)
Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (born 1763)
Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (born 1776)
Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (born 1740)
Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (born 1721)
Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (born 1761)
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (born 1749)
Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1719)
Thomas Carte, English historian and author (born 1686)
Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (born 1684)
James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (born 1675)
Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1647)
Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (born 1654)
Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1627)
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1608)
Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (born 1608)
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (born 1595)
Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe, German nobleman (born 1428)
Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (born 1416)
Arthur, prince of Wales (born 1486)
Ferdinand I, king of Aragon (born 1379)
Ruy González de Clavijo, Spanish explorer and author
Henry of Bohemia (born 1265)
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English husband of Sanchia of Provence (born 1209)
Henrik Harpestræng, Danish botanical and medical author
Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem
Bardas Skleros, Byzantine general
Yuan Dezhao, Chinese chancellor (born 891)
Muflih al-Turki, Turkish general
Æbbe the Younger, Frankish abbess
Hasan ibn Ali the second Shia Imam (born 624)
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Christian feast day: Amphianus of Lycia
Christian feast day: Æbbe the Younger
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Christian feast day: Francis of Paola
Christian feast day: Francisco Coll Guitart
Christian feast day: Henry Budd (Anglican Church of Canada)
Christian feast day: Nicetius of Lyon
Christian feast day: Pedro Calungsod
Christian feast day: Theodosia of Tyre
Christian feast day: Urban of Langres
Christian feast day: April 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
International Children's Book Day (International)
Thai Heritage Conservation Day (Thailand)
Unity of Peoples of Russia and Belarus Day (Belarus)
World Autism Awareness Day (International)
Malvinas Day (Argentina)